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Description: | A Neolithic polished/ground flint axehead (3,500-2,100BC). The surface of the axehead has been completely ground smooth. The axehead has a curving cutting edge (width: 63.22mm), finely tapering edges to a tapering butt (width: 33.87mm). The cutting edge has no signs of wear; there are a few notches due to more modern damage. There is also damage to the dorsal and ventral surfaces and butt. The surface has also patches of pink/purple ?algae present. Orange to grey patina on the flint with darker patches on one side ?due to exposure. Examples of similar axeheads have been found in the Thames at Teddington and Mildenhall in Suffolk (Watson 1968:98). Dimensions: length: 171.30mm; width: 63.22mm; thickness:31.82mm; weight: 418g.
Watson, W. 1968. Flint Implements. The British Museum Press, London. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -3500
-2100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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